University of North Carolina NCAA News

Harry and Sophie Sankey are used to relatively relaxed drives along the East Coast to watch their son Joey play for the North Carolina lacrosse team.

The fifth-seeded Tar Heels , who had won their past 10 games, squandered a six-goal lead and fell short of their first trip to the final four since 1993.

Losers of 14 of its past 23 and its past three weekend series, Georgia Tech summoned its best to take North Carolina two of three from the Tar Heels, both wins in walk-off fashion.

Dating back to the spring of 2010, Virginia and North Carolina have crossed paths eight times in women's lacrosse.

Last season for the Dallas Cowboys , two young Linebackers - Bruce Carter and Sean Lee - emerged as the future of the position.

The Cavaliers fell to the Tar Heels for the eighth straight time, this one a 13-9 loss in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament.

Virginia was five outs away from winning the second game of the series vs. North Carolina, forcing a de facto playoff for the Coastal Division Saturday.

Oregon's Janie Takeda heads home to her jubilant teammates after hitting a grand slam home run on May 5 against Oregon State.

North Carolina's jobless rate dropped to 8.9 percent in April, down from 9.2 in March -- the state's best showing in more than four years.

The Virginia bats continued to stay red hot Thursday as the Cavaliers trounced North Carolina, 10-4, in the first game of a crucial series in Chapel Hill.

JANUARY 26: Rodney Purvis #0 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack encourages the crowd to get loud during a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at PNC Arena on January 26, 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Teammates congratulate North Carolina's Kristen Brown, right, after she scored a run in the seventh inning against Wisconsin in the NCAA college softball regional at Howe Field in Eugene, Ore.,Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Appalachian State pitchers Jeffrey Springs and Tyler Moore limited one of the nation's top offensive attacks to four hits but Appalachian managed just one hit of its own in a 2-0 loss to second-ranked North Carolina Tuesday at Boshamer Stadium.

ACC commissioner John Swofford wants Florida State to be the last school in his conference to struggle with finances coming out of the ACC's football championship game.

The Tar Heels took a charter to Portland, giving them plenty of space to spread out.

This is Amelia Rayno's second season on the Gophers' basketball beat. She learned college basketball in North Carolina , where fanhood is not an option.

No. 2 North Carolina's midweek game against Appalachian State on Tuesday almost seemed secondary to the return of freshman phenom Skye Bolt.

Some fourth-graders at Olive Chapel Elementary School are willing to ignore the snooze button and get to school an hour early twice a month.

North Carolina catcher Matt Roberts is expected to sit out at least one more game as he recovers from a concussion suffered last week.

THIS WEEK Friday, May 17 -- vs. No. 7 UCLA , 7 p.m. CDT Sunday, May 19 -- if win, vs.